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Geographical and Temporal Structures of Legionella pneumophila Sequence Types in Comunitat Valenciana (Spain), 1998 to 2013.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2015
Sánchez-Busó Leonor, Coscollà Mireia, Palero Ferran, Camaró María Luisa, Gimeno Ana, Moreno Pilar, Escribano Isabel, López Perezagua María Mar, Colomina Javier, Vanaclocha Herme, González-Candelas Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Legionella pneumophila is an accidental human pathogen associated with aerosol formation in water-related sources. High recombination rates make Legionella populations genetically diverse, and nearly 2,000 different sequence types (STs) have been described to date for this environmental pathogen. The spatial distribution of STs is extremely heterogeneous, with some variants being present worldwide and others...
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